Band Aid member, Midge Ure, has confirmed that Do They Know It’s Christmas will never be reworked again

The Eighties star, has revealed there were plans to bring the all-star cast back together for a new version but the idea was scrapped out of respect for Band Aid’s late founder members.

In an exclusive interview, Midge said: “There’s something really wrong, unsettling, when your contemporaries start popping off around you. George was younger than I am and Rick Parfitt was on the Band Aid record as well.

“Weirdly, someone said a year or so ago, ‘Maybe you should try to get all the original artists back together and do a new recording of the record.’ And within a few months a couple of the key people had gone.”

Do They Know It’s Christmas?, which was recorded to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia, has been covered three times since the original got to No1 in 1984.

Five years later, a STOCK, AITKEN and WATERMAN supergroup including KYLIE MINOGUE and JASON DONOVAN sampled the track, which spent three weeks at No1.

In 2004 Midge and co-founder SIR BOB GELDOF got COLDPLAY, ROBBIE WILLIAMS and a host of Noughties chart stars to record Band Aid 20 to mark two decades since the original release, again securing a No1.

The last attempt, in 2014, was the only time the track wasn’t Christmas No1, despite ED SHEERAN and ONE DIRECTION’s involvement as Band Aid 30.

Its disappointing chart performance only enhances Midge’s view that the anthem isn’t quite so special to the new generation of music fans.

On the menu were gin crisps and mulled wine jam, as well as a Christmas pudding smoothie that got a firm “guilty” verdict. The legal ace, whose new show Judge Rinder’s Crown Court debuted on ITV last night, said: “There may be somebody you don’t like that much and you can serve this up to them.

JINGLE ALL THE TAY

Taylor performing at the B96 Pepsi Jingle Bash in Illinois on Thursday

TAYLOR SWIFT’s backing ­dancers appear pretty infatuated with her . . . but that hasn’t stopped JAMES CORDEN trying his luck as a stand-in.

James filmed a sketch with the American singer backstage at iHeartRadio’s Jingle Ball in LA last week for his Late Late Show.

He performed a routine to Taylor’s hit Look What You Made Me Do in a fishnet top and snake hoodie, having previously acted as security for his fellow Brits LIAM PAYNE, ED SHEERAN and SAM SMITH in the comedy footage.

SMTV DEAD

SELLING PORKIES

JUNGLE FEVER

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SAM'S NEW PAL

SAM SMITH has broken chart records with his debut album and now the singer is helping upcoming US star DOMINIQUE YOUNG UNIQUE.

Dominque, who put out new track Karate last month, revealed: “Sam and I are in touch – we’re cool. He told me he liked my song Throw It Down. He’s been helping me out.” And now Dominque has big plans to get Sam to sing on her new tune, Don’t Cry For Me.

She said: “I haven’t ­contacted him about it yet, but soon – ­fingers crossed.”

JACK’S NIGHT OF JOKES

Jack Whitehall will host The Brits for the first time in February 2018

HIS first time as host of The Brits is still two months away but JACK WHITEHALL already has a few tricks up his sleeve to add some extra fun to the awards bash next February.

The funnyman and star of telly comedy series Fresh Meat and Bad Education has revealed he wants to rig the results and give boyband 5IVE the Lifetime Achievement Award, which has previously been won by DAVID BOWIE, SIR ELTON JOHN and ROBBIE WILLIAMS.

Jack has joked that he wishes to give the Lifetime Achievement Award to the boyband 5ive

He wrote on his Instagram: “Pumped for this!

“It’s live so if I want to announce that 5ive have won the lifetime achievement award there is literally nothing they can do to stop me.”

In Jack’s defence, 5ive’s 2001 Greatest Hits album is an absolute must-have.

BIZ BITS

KAREN GILLAN spent four hours each day getting into costume for her Guardians Of The Galaxy ­character, alien assassin Nebula. She said: “It takes hours of having a skin stuck on my face.” I imagine the fee made up for it.

GREG JAMES’ primetime BBC1 music show Sounds Like Friday Night will be back for a second run next year. It comes after he landed top guests for the first series including LIAM PAYNE, PALOMA FAITH and RITA ORA.